liqueur
See also: liquor
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French liqueur. Doublet of liquor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɪˈkjʊə/, /lɪˈkjɔː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /lɪˈk(j)ɝ/, /lɪˈk(j)ɔɹ/, /lɪˈkjuɹ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊə, -ɔː(ɹ)
Noun edit
liqueur (countable and uncountable, plural liqueurs)
- A flavoured alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.
Related terms edit
Terms etymologically related to liqueur
Translations edit
a flavored alcoholic beverage
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See also edit
Further reading edit
Verb edit
liqueur (third-person singular simple present liqueurs, present participle liqueuring, simple past and past participle liqueured)
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
liqueur f (plural liqueurs)
- alcoholic liqueur
- (literary) drinkable liquid
- (Canada) fizzy drink, pop
- (obsolete) liquid
- (Louisiana) liquor
Usage notes edit
- Liqueur and liquor are false friends: French liqueur never applies to alcoholic drinks in general.
- The Quebec use of the term is frequently targeted as an anglicism (from liquor), even though the meaning ("non-alcoholic drink") is older and has little connection to either English term.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Greek: λικέρ (likér)
- → Romanian: lichior
- → Russian: ликёр (likjór)
- → Kazakh: ликёр (liker)
- → Serbo-Croatian: liker / ликер
Further reading edit
- “liqueur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Noun edit
liqueur n (plural liqueururi)
Declension edit
Declension of liqueur
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) liqueur | liqueurul | (niște) liqueururi | liqueururile |
genitive/dative | (unui) liqueur | liqueurului | (unor) liqueururi | liqueururilor |
vocative | liqueurule | liqueururilor |